Dr. Louisa Messenger is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at UNLV School of Public Health. Prior to joining UNLV in Aug. 2022, she was an Assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) with more than 14 years of experience, specialising primarily in the molecular entomology and parasitology of vector-borne diseases across multiple continents. Dr. Messenger earned her PhD (2015) and MSc (2009, Distinction) from the LSHTM and a BA (2008) from the University of Cambridge. To date, she has published her research findings as 70 peer-reviewed papers and worked on projects in more than 15 countries across Latin America and Africa, maintaining close collaborations with local research institutions and key international donors and stakeholders, including the CDC, the US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), USAID, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the World Health Organization (WHO).